Task-shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy
Date
2015
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
'Cochrane Corner’ in the August SAMJ offers evidence relating to articles published in this issue, namely ‘Improving access to antiretrovirals in rural South Africa – a call to action’, ‘Multimorbidity, control and treatment of non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa’ and ‘Prevalence of tobacco use among adults in South Africa: Results from the first South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’, and the editorial by Yach and Alexander, ‘Turbo-charging tobacco control in South Africa’.
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CITATION: Kredo, T., McCaul, M. & Volmink, J. 2015. Task-shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy. South African Medical Journal, 105(8):626-627, doi:10.7196/SAMJnew.8271.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Task-shifting, Doctors, Non-doctors, Highly active antiretroviral therapy
Citation
Kredo, T., McCaul, M. & Volmink, J. 2015. Task-shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy. South African Medical Journal, 105(8):626-627, doi:10.7196/SAMJnew.8271